﻿Seriously Dogs Inc.

Hello! Welcome to Seriously Dogs Inc. I am Kimberly Dorrington. I will be your narrator for this website! I am the owner and operator of Seriously Dogs Inc. and Von Öhmke Kennels, and co-owner of Hound's Hangout Doggy Daycare & Obedience Specialists.

When it comes to dog training, I am serious about getting it done right. I have been a professional dog trainer for over a decade helping countless dogs and their owners achieve balance and a wonderful working relationship through leadership and obedience training.

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Training your dog is a journey. It is about building a relationship with another living being. It's about the beauty of two souls coming together to form an everlasting bond of companionship. This starts with compassion, empathy and communication. Once you have these things, you are a hop, skip and a jump to the dog of your dreams.

I offer over a decade of experience in dog training. Over this period of time I have boarded & trained approx. 100 dogs, raised litters of puppies, fostered problem dogs for rescues, and competed in several forms of obedience, tracking and protection. I have mentored several people to the competition ring and inspired many to become involved in dog sports (click her for more about me). I offer you my years experience through trial and error, successes and failures, countless hours dedicated to the betterment of my skill set and knowledge and a great passion for what I do. My quest is to help better the life for people and their dogs. I want people to experience the same connection to their dogs that I enjoy with mine. I want dogs to be as happy as they can be and I want people to be educated and confident in their ability to train and manage their dog to a point that the dogs reaches their expectations and is the dog of their dreams.

If you ask me what my training method is, I am going to tell you I don't have one. I am a highly diversified, well rounded and extremely experience trainer. Instead, I will tell you that I train for the individual. I train the way the dog needs me to train it. I have a massive bag of tricks. I have a deep pool of knowledge to fish from. Absolutely every single dog I come across is a unique individual. Dogs are sentient beings with personalities and life experiences that create who they are. My job is to identify what the dogs needs, how the dog learns and convey that information - all twisted up in my grey matter - in a comprehensive way so the average dog owner (with little to no background in "all things dog") can become proficient in their ability to train their dog in a reasonable period of time.

Over the past decade I have developed an extremely comprehensive training program that effectively teaches dog owners how to train their dogs. It is my resolve that knowledge is key to success. In order to effectively provide dog owners with the very basics in training and behaviour theory, I have composed detailed training manuals that cover the most important concepts in training theories and then breaks all the obedience training into detail checklists that will keep you not only on track, but give you the momentum you need to gain ground and improve the training without my hand to hold yours through baby steps. I want to hold your hand through the leaps and bounds until you become proficient enough that you don't need me anymore. My job is to give you a set of skills that will echo in your dog handling for the rest of your dog loving days.

I know that, to the average pet dog owner, reliable obedience seems like a nearly impossible goal; especially if your dog is already frustrating you. But if you are shown the way and guided through a structured process, you will achieve the obedient dog that lays waiting for you outside the coffee shop, or the dog that doesn’t have to be tied up at your campsite because he knows the boundaries and just doesn’t leave. This is possible for nearly all dogs, not just a select few. You CAN train your dog. Your dog CAN learn to obey your commands when he is under heavy distraction. The question is how bad do you want it? It is true that it takes time, but not as much time as you might think. It's true that it takes work and dedication. It's

supposed to be fun to train your dog. It's so satisfying to see the continual progress that you will make with your dog. No, your dog does not learn by osmosis. You do have to actively train him several times a week in order to achieve the result you are looking for. BUT, with the extensive training manuals that I have written and "perfected" (ha ha, I am always tweaking them), you will maintain your momentum and reach goals each time you train your dog. Aside from my amazing talent as a dog trainer (I am being facetious if you can't tell) my manuals really set my training programs (both with Seriously Dogs and Hound's Hangout) apart from other trainer's programs. They give people achievable goals and the ability to peak head and see where they will be weeks or months down the road and provide the nessisary theory that, honestly, could not be covered properly in the short sessions we are together. Written material gives people the chance to review and absorb the lessons that we have in person.